8 Things To Know This AM

While we were all distracted by the Mockingjay teaser trailer yesterday, some other important dystopian-novel-turned-movie news dropped. Noah Oppenheim, who wrote the screenplay for the big-screen adaptation of The Maze Runner, will also adapt Allegiant for the screen. (Hollywood Reporter)

Justin Bieber was officially charged with a misdemeanor count of vandalism for throwing eggs at his neighbor's home. The ovum attack caused $20,000 worth of property damage. What's the opposite of a smooth criminal? (Page Six)

Zac Efron and Michelle Rodriguez continued their romance on horseback. Using Harlequin novels as our guide, could a midnight tryst in a stable be next? (NY Daily News)

George R.R. Martin does not appreciate people saying he's going to die before finishing Game of Thrones. At all. (Hypable)

The world's tallest water slide is opening today at Schlitterbahn Kansas City Waterpark. Verrückt, which comes from the German word for "insane," is 168 feet tall, and you have to climb more than 264 steps to reach the top. (NBC News)

This is the country you'd technically be able to see across the ocean if the Earth weren't, you know, round. Olá, Portugal! (Washington Post)

Finally, if you're reading this right now, you might be precrastinating. Get back to work! (The Guardian)

If there's one thing that can be said for 1990, it's that a lot of great movies came out that year. Indie darlings like Whit Stillman and Hal Hartley were just getting started. Icons like Martin Scorsese, the Coen brothers, David Lynch, and Spike Lee were putting out fresh and exciting work. A then relative unknown by the read